Top Gun 2 Producer Reveals Only Actor Who Didn’t Throw Up (Except Cruise)
Top Gun: Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently revealed the only actor besides Tom Cruise who did not throw up while shooting the film's many flight scenes. Cruise has returned to the role of Pete «Maverick» Mitchell, the hot-shot pilot from the 1986 U.S. Navy action-adventure Top Gun. Although the Tony Scott-directed film received mixed reviews from critics upon its initial release, the movie went on to generate a massive cult following and quickly became one of the essential films that defined 1980s cinema. This fan following, coupled with a riveting story and close attention-to-detail, helped propel Top Gun: Maverick to near universal critical acclaim.
Known for his penchant for realism, Cruise with the help from the U.S. Navy set up a rigorous Top Gun «boot camp» designed to acclimate the actors to high G-forces and real F/A-18 Superhornet fighter jets that serve as many of the scenes' sets. On top of tough physical training, Cruise put the actors through three months of specialized flight school to have the cast familiarize themselves with the movement and handling of an actual aircraft. This allowed for a high-level of authenticity unlike anything seen before in a film of this nature.
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Total Film caught up with Bruckheimer who revealed that there was only one actor other than Cruise who did not vomit while shooting the flight scenes for Top Gun: Maverick. The producer explained that each scene featuring an actor inside a fighter jet is real, and that the strain present on the cast's faces as they pull off the stunts in the film is not acting. This led to nearly every actor throwing up within their aircraft. Read who
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